Improvement in watch-chain bars



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W. S. HICKS.

Pa t ented Feb.27,1 877.

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WILLIAM S. HICKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATCH-CHAIN BARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,851, dated February27, 1877; application filed January 26, 1877.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, WlLLIAM S. HIcKs, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain 1mprovement inCombined Bar and Pencil for Watch-Chains, of which the following is aspecification: v

My invention consists of a bar for use on watch-chains, so constructedas to form a case or sheath for a pencil that can be detached therefromfor use, and which, when inserted in the case, forms a part of the bar,as hereinafter more fully set forth. 7

Figure 1 represents the bar complete, with the pencil inserted. Fig. 2represents the same, with the pencil detached; and Fig. 3 represents thepencil with its point extended ready for use.

Various styles of what are known to the trade as chain bars, sometimescalled toggles, have heretofore been constructed, with a pencil-pointarranged to slide out at one end so as to project therefrom; but, as isobvious, the pencil in such case cannot be used to advantage withoutdetaching the chain to which the bar is attached from the vest; and eventhen can be used only with diificulty. A similar difficulty also existswith the charmpencils which are usually worn attached to watch-chains.

The object of this invention is to produce a neat and ornamental bar,and at the same time have with it a pencil, which can be wholly detachedtherefrom, so that when needed for use it can be held in the hand andused with the same facility that an ordinary pocket-pencil can.

To accomplish this result, I construct a bar in the form of a tubularcase, A, with an ornamental head, 0, at one end, its opposite end beingleft open, as shown' in Fig. 2, where a portion of it is shown insection to indicate that it is ahollow tube, it having a loose ring, 0,attached to the center for connecting it to the chain O. I then make asmall pencil-case,

B, of any desired style, but having its head 0 made to correspond instyle and appearance with the head on the opposite end of the bar A, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

This pencil is made of such, a diameter as to fit snugly in the bar Awhen shoved therein, so as to be in no danger of dropping out, or beingeasily displaced; and is made of such a length that when shoved thereinits head 0 will fit close against the open end of the bar A, so that itwill have the appearance of being permanently connected thereto, thesame as is the head at the opposite end.

When thus constructed and put together, as represented in Fig. 1, thewhole has the appearance of a single solid bar, which, of course, may bemade in any desired style, and more or less ornamental, as may bedesired.

In order to render the pencil more convenient for use, I prefer to makeit with a screw for projecting the point, in the same manner thatordinary pencilcases are constructed, as by that means it is capable ofbeing elongated, whereby it can be more conveniently handled, especiallyas a pencil made to fit within a chain-bar must necessarily be verysmall. It is, however, obvious that the extension fea ture may beomitted, the pencil in that case being made without the screw forprojecting the point.

By these means I am enabled to produce a neat and ornamental bar, and atthe same time have a pencil which is securely protected within the bar,and that can be detached therefrom, and be used the same as an ordinarypocket-pencil.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim isl. The open-endedtubular chain-bar A, provided with a central ring, 0, in combinationwith the detachable pencil-case B, constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as described.

2. The tubular or hollow chain-bar A, provided at one end with anornamental head, 0, in combination with a detachable pencil-case, B,provided with a corresponding head, 0, all constructed substantially asdescribed, so that when the bar and pencil are united the whole shallhave the appearance of a single solid bar, as set forth.

WILLIAM S. HICKS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. SEMBLER, EDWARD D. HICKS.

